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Old 12-14-2002, 05:12 PM  
ldinternet
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:mad Nasty Dollars - who can explain THIS SHIT?

I stopped sending traffic to Nasty Dollars recently.

Back in February they were converting 1:200 easily. I know they've been promoted heavily by everyone, but conversions going 15 fold worse is ridiculous. 1:3000? Fuck that.

So I stopped sending traffic about 6 weeks ago. I was using their content, so I kept the links up. In the past 6 weeks, I've submitted maybe 2 movie galleries with their content. That's all. Nothing since then... I've been promoting other sponsors and my own AVS sites.

Eventually signups dropped to 0 per day in my Nasty Dollars account. Occasionally I'd get the 1 signup, but that's expected.

Now, take a look at this.

Stats for the past 5 days (I added "clicks" and "signups" words so that stats are clearer):

2002-12-08 676clicks 0signups $0
2002-12-09 746clicks 0signups $0
2002-12-10 673clicks 0signups $0
2002-12-11 456clicks 0signups $0
2002-12-12 535clicks 0signups $0

Suddenly, yesterday and today:
2002-12-13 579clicks 5signups $175 1:115
2002-12-14 334clicks 1signups $35 1:334

There are instances where this would occur, we all know that. Maybe there was a listing on a big tgp many weeks after the gallery was submitted. However, this also means that more clicks will show in the stats. Anyone knows that a Hun/Worldsex/AL4A will mean an extra 2000-3000 clicks showing in the stats. But I didn't have that. And nothing special showing in my Webalizer stats. Just the usual traffic.

Signups can go up and down, but this is ridiculous. What do I think? They have some kind of script that senses when webmasters stop sending traffic, and automatically credits them with signups so that they keep the links up, and keep promoting their paysites.

Nasty Dollars have been good, they've been real fucking good. Big checks and on time, almost everything around me right now has been bought with Nasty Dollars / OxCash revenue. My car, computers, furniture, even the crumbs on my fuckin' dinner plate. Of course, I won't make any accusations of shaving and I hate to dance on the obvious, but I have a feeling that there is something more than "a little strange" going on here.

It would be interesting to have 30 or 40 webmasters together to test out their system. Something just doesn't add up.

Any input? Anyone experienced the same thing, stats-wise?





Edited for spelling. :)

Last edited by ldinternet; 12-14-2002 at 05:15 PM..
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